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Frederic E.Church 1826-1900
American painter. He was a leading representative of the second generation of the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, who made an important contribution to American landscape painting in the 1850s and 1860s. The son of a wealthy and prominent businessman, he studied briefly in Hartford with two local artists, Alexander Hamilton Emmons (1816-84) and Benjamin Hutchins Coe (1799-1883). Thanks to the influence of the Hartford patron DANIEL WADSWORTH, in 1844 he became the first pupil accepted by Thomas Cole.
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Painting ID:: 26165 Christian on the Borders of the Valley of the Shadow of Death Pilgrim s Progress
Oil on canvas
40 1/2x60 1/2in
Olana State Historic Site,New York State Office of Parks,Recreation and Historic Preservation.
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Painting ID:: 26166 The Charter Oak at Hartford
mk48
ca.1846
Oil on canvas
24x34 1/4in
Florence Griswold Museum
Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler
Inspection and Insurance Company
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Painting ID:: 26174 Twilight Short Arbiter Twixt Day and Night
mk48
1850
Oil on canvas
32 1/4x48in
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Painting ID:: 26175 Ira Mountain,Vermont
mk48
by Febuary 1850
Oil on canvas
40 5/5x61 5/8in
Olana State Historic Site ,New York State Office of Parks
Recreation and Historik Preservation,
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Painting ID:: 26176 Twilight on the Kennebec
mk48
1849
Oil on canvas
18x30in
Courtesy of the Peabody Esex Museum
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Frederic E.Church
1826-1900
American painter. He was a leading representative of the second generation of the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, who made an important contribution to American landscape painting in the 1850s and 1860s. The son of a wealthy and prominent businessman, he studied briefly in Hartford with two local artists, Alexander Hamilton Emmons (1816-84) and Benjamin Hutchins Coe (1799-1883). Thanks to the influence of the Hartford patron DANIEL WADSWORTH, in 1844 he became the first pupil accepted by Thomas Cole.
. Related Artists to Frederic E.Church: | Denis van Alsloot | Adriaen Frans Boudewijns | Theobald Chartran | Lipgart, Earnest | Pietro Bellotti |
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